Handel’s Water Music

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Handel’s Water Music is a celebrated collection of orchestral suites by George Frideric Handel, composed for a royal barge performance on the River Thames in 1717 and now widely performed as a staple of Baroque repertoire.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
HWV 349 1
HWV 350 1
HWV 351 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Baroque composition
orchestral suite collection
programmatic music
alsoKnownAs Wassermusik NERFINISHED
Water Music NERFINISHED
approximateCompositionDate 1717
catalogNumber HWV 348–350 NERFINISHED
cityOfFirstPerformance London NERFINISHED
commissionedBy George I of Great Britain NERFINISHED
composer George Frideric Handel NERFINISHED
composerNationality German-British
consistsOf Suite in D major HWV 349 NERFINISHED
Suite in F major HWV 348 NERFINISHED
Suite in G major HWV 350 NERFINISHED
containsMovementType air
alla hornpipe
bourrée
hornpipe
minuet
overture
countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Great Britain
dateOfFirstPerformance 1717-07-17
dedicatedTo George I of Great Britain NERFINISHED
era early 18th century
firstPerformancePatron British royal court NERFINISHED
firstPerformanceSetting outdoor
genre orchestral music
suite
hasFamousMovement Alla Hornpipe from the D major suite NERFINISHED
historicalContext written for performance on barges on the River Thames
influenced later ceremonial orchestral suites
intendedEnsemble orchestra
isPartOfRepertoire standard Baroque orchestral repertoire
language instrumental
movementCountApproximate 22
notableInstrumentation bassoons
continuo
flutes
horns
oboes
strings
trumpets
occasion royal water party on the River Thames
performancePractice frequently performed on period instruments
often performed on modern instruments
period Baroque
placeOfFirstPerformance River Thames NERFINISHED
relatedWorkByComposer Music for the Royal Fireworks NERFINISHED
style ceremonial
festive

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Music for the Royal Fireworks catalogueNumber Handel’s Water Music
this entity surface form: HWV 351
Water Music catalogueNumber Handel’s Water Music
this entity surface form: HWV 349
Water Music catalogueNumber Handel’s Water Music
this entity surface form: HWV 350
Water Music hasAlternativeTitle Handel’s Water Music